Newcastle woman sues campground over 2013 incident - Wiscasset Newspaper
A Newcastle woman has filed suit against Duck Puddle Campground in Nobleboro claiming she was hurt in an incident with a gate in 2013. The campground’s co-owner is denying that the gate hit the woman. Marion Lawson claims that she was a guest at the campground on June 28, 2013, when a worker lowered a gate onto her, resulting in what the suit describes as severe personal injuries. result of the (campground’s) negligence, (Lawson) has incurred, and will incur medical expenses, pain and suffering, mental anguish, loss of enjoyment of life and permanent impairment. Reached Tuesday, Lawson’s lawyer Harry Center of the Biddeford firm of Woodman Edmands Danylik Austin Smith & Jacques declined to elaborate on Lawson’s injuries or the circumstances surrounding the incident. The campground’s co-owner Jim Grimes on Tuesday said that the gate did not hit Lawson. He said that when the campground looked into the incident at the time, it found that Lawson and a companion were on motorcycles when the other rider passed under the gate first. Grimes said Lawson then “rushed the gate,” but that the gate’s sensor prevented the gate from lowering onto her. Campground staff later visited Lawson’s campsite, spoke with Lawson’s companion and were not made aware of any injuries, Grimes said. Source: www.wiscassetnewspaper.com
